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1 | AN ACT concerning minors.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 505/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5005)
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7 | Sec. 5. Direct child welfare services; Department of | ||||||
8 | Children and Family
Services. To provide direct child welfare | ||||||
9 | services when not available
through other public or private | ||||||
10 | child care or program facilities.
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11 | (a) For purposes of this Section:
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12 | (1) "Children" means persons found within the State who | ||||||
13 | are under the
age of 18 years. The term also includes | ||||||
14 | persons under age 21 who:
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15 | (A) were committed to the Department pursuant to | ||||||
16 | the
Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
17 | 1987, as amended, prior to
the age of 18 and who | ||||||
18 | continue under the jurisdiction of the court; or
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19 | (B) were accepted for care, service and training by
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20 | the Department prior to the age of 18 and whose best | ||||||
21 | interest in the
discretion of the Department would be | ||||||
22 | served by continuing that care,
service and training | ||||||
23 | because of severe emotional disturbances, physical
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1 | disability, social adjustment or any combination | ||||||
2 | thereof, or because of the
need to complete an | ||||||
3 | educational or vocational training program.
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4 | (2) "Homeless youth" means persons found within the
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5 | State who are under the age of 19, are not in a safe and | ||||||
6 | stable living
situation and cannot be reunited with their | ||||||
7 | families.
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8 | (3) "Child welfare services" means public social | ||||||
9 | services which are
directed toward the accomplishment of | ||||||
10 | the following purposes:
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11 | (A) protecting and promoting the health, safety | ||||||
12 | and welfare of
children,
including homeless, dependent | ||||||
13 | or neglected children;
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14 | (B) remedying, or assisting in the solution
of | ||||||
15 | problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse, | ||||||
16 | exploitation or
delinquency of children;
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17 | (C) preventing the unnecessary separation of | ||||||
18 | children
from their families by identifying family | ||||||
19 | problems, assisting families in
resolving their | ||||||
20 | problems, and preventing the breakup of the family
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21 | where the prevention of child removal is desirable and | ||||||
22 | possible when the
child can be cared for at home | ||||||
23 | without endangering the child's health and
safety;
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24 | (D) restoring to their families children who have | ||||||
25 | been
removed, by the provision of services to the child | ||||||
26 | and the families when the
child can be cared for at |
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1 | home without endangering the child's health and
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2 | safety;
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3 | (E) placing children in suitable adoptive homes, | ||||||
4 | in
cases where restoration to the biological family is | ||||||
5 | not safe, possible or
appropriate;
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6 | (F) assuring safe and adequate care of children | ||||||
7 | away from their
homes, in cases where the child cannot | ||||||
8 | be returned home or cannot be placed
for adoption. At | ||||||
9 | the time of placement, the Department shall consider
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10 | concurrent planning,
as described in subsection (l-1) | ||||||
11 | of this Section so that permanency may
occur at the | ||||||
12 | earliest opportunity. Consideration should be given so | ||||||
13 | that if
reunification fails or is delayed, the | ||||||
14 | placement made is the best available
placement to | ||||||
15 | provide permanency for the child;
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16 | (G) (blank);
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17 | (H) (blank); and
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18 | (I) placing and maintaining children in facilities | ||||||
19 | that provide
separate living quarters for children | ||||||
20 | under the age of 18 and for children
18 years of age | ||||||
21 | and older, unless a child 18 years of age is in the | ||||||
22 | last
year of high school education or vocational | ||||||
23 | training, in an approved
individual or group treatment | ||||||
24 | program, in a licensed shelter facility,
or secure | ||||||
25 | child care facility.
The Department is not required to | ||||||
26 | place or maintain children:
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1 | (i) who are in a foster home, or
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2 | (ii) who are persons with a developmental | ||||||
3 | disability, as defined in
the Mental
Health and | ||||||
4 | Developmental Disabilities Code, or
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5 | (iii) who are female children who are | ||||||
6 | pregnant, pregnant and
parenting or parenting, or
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7 | (iv) who are siblings, in facilities that | ||||||
8 | provide separate living quarters for children 18
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9 | years of age and older and for children under 18 | ||||||
10 | years of age.
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11 | (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize | ||||||
12 | the
expenditure of public funds for the purpose of performing | ||||||
13 | abortions.
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14 | (c) The Department shall establish and maintain | ||||||
15 | tax-supported child
welfare services and extend and seek to | ||||||
16 | improve voluntary services
throughout the State, to the end | ||||||
17 | that services and care shall be available
on an equal basis | ||||||
18 | throughout the State to children requiring such services.
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19 | (d) The Director may authorize advance disbursements for | ||||||
20 | any new program
initiative to any agency contracting with the | ||||||
21 | Department. As a
prerequisite for an advance disbursement, the | ||||||
22 | contractor must post a
surety bond in the amount of the advance | ||||||
23 | disbursement and have a
purchase of service contract approved | ||||||
24 | by the Department. The Department
may pay up to 2 months | ||||||
25 | operational expenses in advance. The amount of the
advance | ||||||
26 | disbursement shall be prorated over the life of the contract
or |
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1 | the remaining months of the fiscal year, whichever is less, and | ||||||
2 | the
installment amount shall then be deducted from future | ||||||
3 | bills. Advance
disbursement authorizations for new initiatives | ||||||
4 | shall not be made to any
agency after that agency has operated | ||||||
5 | during 2 consecutive fiscal years.
The requirements of this | ||||||
6 | Section concerning advance disbursements shall
not apply with | ||||||
7 | respect to the following: payments to local public agencies
for | ||||||
8 | child day care services as authorized by Section 5a of this | ||||||
9 | Act; and
youth service programs receiving grant funds under | ||||||
10 | Section 17a-4.
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11 | (e) (Blank).
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12 | (f) (Blank).
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13 | (g) The Department shall establish rules and regulations | ||||||
14 | concerning
its operation of programs designed to meet the goals | ||||||
15 | of child safety and
protection,
family preservation, family | ||||||
16 | reunification, and adoption, including but not
limited to:
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17 | (1) adoption;
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18 | (2) foster care;
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19 | (3) family counseling;
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20 | (4) protective services;
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21 | (5) (blank);
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22 | (6) homemaker service;
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23 | (7) return of runaway children;
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24 | (8) (blank);
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25 | (9) placement under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court | ||||||
26 | Act or
Section 2-27, 3-28, 4-25 , or 5-740 of the Juvenile |
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1 | Court Act of 1987 in
accordance with the federal Adoption | ||||||
2 | Assistance and Child Welfare Act of
1980; and
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3 | (10) interstate services.
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4 | Rules and regulations established by the Department shall | ||||||
5 | include
provisions for training Department staff and the staff | ||||||
6 | of Department
grantees, through contracts with other agencies | ||||||
7 | or resources, in screening techniques to identify substance use | ||||||
8 | disorders, as defined in the Substance Use Disorder Act, | ||||||
9 | approved by the Department of Human
Services, as a successor to | ||||||
10 | the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse,
for the | ||||||
11 | purpose of identifying children and adults who
should be | ||||||
12 | referred for an assessment at an organization appropriately | ||||||
13 | licensed by the Department of Human Services for substance use | ||||||
14 | disorder treatment.
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15 | (h) If the Department finds that there is no appropriate | ||||||
16 | program or
facility within or available to the Department for a | ||||||
17 | youth in care and that no
licensed private facility has an | ||||||
18 | adequate and appropriate program or none
agrees to accept the | ||||||
19 | youth in care, the Department shall create an appropriate
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20 | individualized, program-oriented plan for such youth in care. | ||||||
21 | The
plan may be developed within the Department or through | ||||||
22 | purchase of services
by the Department to the extent that it is | ||||||
23 | within its statutory authority
to do.
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24 | (i) Service programs shall be available throughout the | ||||||
25 | State and shall
include but not be limited to the following | ||||||
26 | services:
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1 | (1) case management;
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2 | (2) homemakers;
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3 | (3) counseling;
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4 | (4) parent education;
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5 | (5) day care; and
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6 | (6) emergency assistance and advocacy.
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7 | In addition, the following services may be made available | ||||||
8 | to assess and
meet the needs of children and families:
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9 | (1) comprehensive family-based services;
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10 | (2) assessments;
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11 | (3) respite care; and
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12 | (4) in-home health services.
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13 | The Department shall provide transportation for any of the | ||||||
14 | services it
makes available to children or families or for | ||||||
15 | which it refers children
or families.
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16 | (j) The Department may provide categories of financial | ||||||
17 | assistance and
education assistance grants, and shall
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18 | establish rules and regulations concerning the assistance and | ||||||
19 | grants, to
persons who
adopt children with physical or mental | ||||||
20 | disabilities, children who are older, or other hard-to-place
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21 | children who (i) immediately prior to their adoption were youth | ||||||
22 | in care or (ii) were determined eligible for financial | ||||||
23 | assistance with respect to a
prior adoption and who become | ||||||
24 | available for adoption because the
prior adoption has been | ||||||
25 | dissolved and the parental rights of the adoptive
parents have | ||||||
26 | been
terminated or because the child's adoptive parents have |
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1 | died.
The Department may continue to provide financial | ||||||
2 | assistance and education assistance grants for a child who was | ||||||
3 | determined eligible for financial assistance under this | ||||||
4 | subsection (j) in the interim period beginning when the child's | ||||||
5 | adoptive parents died and ending with the finalization of the | ||||||
6 | new adoption of the child by another adoptive parent or | ||||||
7 | parents. The Department may also provide categories of | ||||||
8 | financial
assistance and education assistance grants, and
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9 | shall establish rules and regulations for the assistance and | ||||||
10 | grants, to persons
appointed guardian of the person under | ||||||
11 | Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court
Act or Section 2-27, 3-28, | ||||||
12 | 4-25 , or 5-740 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987
for children | ||||||
13 | who were youth in care for 12 months immediately
prior to the | ||||||
14 | appointment of the guardian.
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15 | The amount of assistance may vary, depending upon the needs | ||||||
16 | of the child
and the adoptive parents,
as set forth in the | ||||||
17 | annual
assistance agreement. Special purpose grants are | ||||||
18 | allowed where the child
requires special service but such costs | ||||||
19 | may not exceed the amounts
which similar services would cost | ||||||
20 | the Department if it were to provide or
secure them as guardian | ||||||
21 | of the child.
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22 | Any financial assistance provided under this subsection is
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23 | inalienable by assignment, sale, execution, attachment, | ||||||
24 | garnishment, or any
other remedy for recovery or collection of | ||||||
25 | a judgment or debt.
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26 | (j-5) The Department shall not deny or delay the placement |
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1 | of a child for
adoption
if an approved family is available | ||||||
2 | either outside of the Department region
handling the case,
or | ||||||
3 | outside of the State of Illinois.
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4 | (k) The Department shall accept for care and training any | ||||||
5 | child who has
been adjudicated neglected or abused, or | ||||||
6 | dependent committed to it pursuant
to the Juvenile Court Act or | ||||||
7 | the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
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8 | (l) The Department shall
offer family preservation | ||||||
9 | services, as defined in Section 8.2 of the Abused
and
Neglected | ||||||
10 | Child
Reporting Act, to help families, including adoptive and | ||||||
11 | extended families.
Family preservation
services shall be | ||||||
12 | offered (i) to prevent the
placement
of children in
substitute | ||||||
13 | care when the children can be cared for at home or in the | ||||||
14 | custody of
the person
responsible for the children's welfare,
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15 | (ii) to
reunite children with their families, or (iii) to
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16 | maintain an adoptive placement. Family preservation services | ||||||
17 | shall only be
offered when doing so will not endanger the | ||||||
18 | children's health or safety. With
respect to children who are | ||||||
19 | in substitute care pursuant to the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987, | ||||||
20 | family preservation services shall not be offered if a goal | ||||||
21 | other
than those of subdivisions (A), (B), or (B-1) of | ||||||
22 | subsection (2) of Section 2-28
of
that Act has been set, except | ||||||
23 | that reunification services may be offered as provided in | ||||||
24 | paragraph (F) of subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of that Act.
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25 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to create a | ||||||
26 | private right of
action or claim on the part of any individual |
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1 | or child welfare agency, except that when a child is the | ||||||
2 | subject of an action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
3 | of 1987 and the child's service plan calls for services to | ||||||
4 | facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court | ||||||
5 | hearing the action under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
6 | of 1987 may order the Department to provide the services set | ||||||
7 | out in the plan, if those services are not provided with | ||||||
8 | reasonable promptness and if those services are available.
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9 | The Department shall notify the child and his family of the
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10 | Department's
responsibility to offer and provide family | ||||||
11 | preservation services as
identified in the service plan. The | ||||||
12 | child and his family shall be eligible
for services as soon as | ||||||
13 | the report is determined to be "indicated". The
Department may | ||||||
14 | offer services to any child or family with respect to whom a
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15 | report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been filed, | ||||||
16 | prior to
concluding its investigation under Section 7.12 of the | ||||||
17 | Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act. However, the child's | ||||||
18 | or family's willingness to
accept services shall not be | ||||||
19 | considered in the investigation. The
Department may also | ||||||
20 | provide services to any child or family who is the
subject of | ||||||
21 | any report of suspected child abuse or neglect or may refer | ||||||
22 | such
child or family to services available from other agencies | ||||||
23 | in the community,
even if the report is determined to be | ||||||
24 | unfounded, if the conditions in the
child's or family's home | ||||||
25 | are reasonably likely to subject the child or
family to future | ||||||
26 | reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance
of such |
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1 | services shall be voluntary. The Department may also provide | ||||||
2 | services to any child or family after completion of a family | ||||||
3 | assessment, as an alternative to an investigation, as provided | ||||||
4 | under the "differential response program" provided for in | ||||||
5 | subsection (a-5) of Section 7.4 of the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
6 | Child Reporting Act.
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7 | The Department may, at its discretion except for those | ||||||
8 | children also
adjudicated neglected or dependent, accept for | ||||||
9 | care and training any child
who has been adjudicated addicted, | ||||||
10 | as a truant minor in need of
supervision or as a minor | ||||||
11 | requiring authoritative intervention, under the
Juvenile Court | ||||||
12 | Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but no such child
shall | ||||||
13 | be committed to the Department by any court without the | ||||||
14 | approval of
the Department. On and after January 1, 2015 (the | ||||||
15 | effective date of Public Act 98-803) and before January 1, | ||||||
16 | 2017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the | ||||||
17 | Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or | ||||||
18 | adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of or
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19 | committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor | ||||||
20 | less than 16 years
of age committed to the Department under | ||||||
21 | Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court
Act
of 1987, (ii) a minor | ||||||
22 | for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency | ||||||
23 | exists, which must be defined by departmental rule, or (iii) a | ||||||
24 | minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition to | ||||||
25 | reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section 2-33 | ||||||
26 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. On and after January 1, |
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1 | 2017, a minor charged with a criminal offense under the | ||||||
2 | Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or | ||||||
3 | adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of or
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4 | committed to the Department by any court, except (i) a minor | ||||||
5 | less than 15 years
of age committed to the Department under | ||||||
6 | Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court
Act
of 1987, ii) a minor | ||||||
7 | for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency | ||||||
8 | exists, which must be defined by departmental rule, or (iii) a | ||||||
9 | minor for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition to | ||||||
10 | reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section 2-33 | ||||||
11 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. An independent basis exists | ||||||
12 | when the allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
13 | dependency do not arise from the same facts, incident, or | ||||||
14 | circumstances which give rise to a charge or adjudication of | ||||||
15 | delinquency. The Department shall
assign a caseworker to attend | ||||||
16 | any hearing involving a youth in
the care and custody of the | ||||||
17 | Department who is placed on aftercare release, including | ||||||
18 | hearings
involving sanctions for violation of aftercare | ||||||
19 | release
conditions and aftercare release revocation hearings.
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20 | As soon as is possible after August 7, 2009 (the effective | ||||||
21 | date of Public Act 96-134), the Department shall develop and | ||||||
22 | implement a special program of family preservation services to | ||||||
23 | support intact, foster, and adoptive families who are | ||||||
24 | experiencing extreme hardships due to the difficulty and stress | ||||||
25 | of caring for a child who has been diagnosed with a pervasive | ||||||
26 | developmental disorder if the Department determines that those |
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1 | services are necessary to ensure the health and safety of the | ||||||
2 | child. The Department may offer services to any family whether | ||||||
3 | or not a report has been filed under the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
4 | Child Reporting Act. The Department may refer the child or | ||||||
5 | family to services available from other agencies in the | ||||||
6 | community if the conditions in the child's or family's home are | ||||||
7 | reasonably likely to subject the child or family to future | ||||||
8 | reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Acceptance of | ||||||
9 | these services shall be voluntary. The Department shall develop | ||||||
10 | and implement a public information campaign to alert health and | ||||||
11 | social service providers and the general public about these | ||||||
12 | special family preservation services. The nature and scope of | ||||||
13 | the services offered and the number of families served under | ||||||
14 | the special program implemented under this paragraph shall be | ||||||
15 | determined by the level of funding that the Department annually | ||||||
16 | allocates for this purpose. The term "pervasive developmental | ||||||
17 | disorder" under this paragraph means a neurological condition, | ||||||
18 | including but not limited to, Asperger's Syndrome and autism, | ||||||
19 | as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and | ||||||
20 | Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American | ||||||
21 | Psychiatric Association. | ||||||
22 | (l-1) The legislature recognizes that the best interests of | ||||||
23 | the child
require that
the child be placed in the most | ||||||
24 | permanent living arrangement as soon as is
practically
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25 | possible. To achieve this goal, the legislature directs the | ||||||
26 | Department of
Children and
Family Services to conduct |
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1 | concurrent planning so that permanency may occur at
the
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2 | earliest opportunity. Permanent living arrangements may | ||||||
3 | include prevention of
placement of a child outside the home of | ||||||
4 | the family when the child can be cared
for at
home without | ||||||
5 | endangering the child's health or safety; reunification with | ||||||
6 | the
family,
when safe and appropriate, if temporary placement | ||||||
7 | is necessary; or movement of
the child
toward the most | ||||||
8 | permanent living arrangement and permanent legal status.
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9 | When determining reasonable efforts to be made with respect | ||||||
10 | to a child, as
described in this
subsection, and in making such | ||||||
11 | reasonable efforts, the child's health and
safety shall be the
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12 | paramount concern.
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13 | When a child is placed in foster care, the Department shall | ||||||
14 | ensure and
document that reasonable efforts were made to | ||||||
15 | prevent or eliminate the need to
remove the child from the | ||||||
16 | child's home. The Department must make
reasonable efforts to | ||||||
17 | reunify the family when temporary placement of the child
occurs
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18 | unless otherwise required, pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
19 | of 1987.
At any time after the dispositional hearing where the | ||||||
20 | Department believes
that further reunification services would | ||||||
21 | be ineffective, it may request a
finding from the court that | ||||||
22 | reasonable efforts are no longer appropriate. The
Department is | ||||||
23 | not required to provide further reunification services after | ||||||
24 | such
a
finding.
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25 | A decision to place a child in substitute care shall be | ||||||
26 | made with
considerations of the child's health, safety, and |
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1 | best interests. At the
time of placement, consideration should | ||||||
2 | also be given so that if reunification
fails or is delayed, the | ||||||
3 | placement made is the best available placement to
provide | ||||||
4 | permanency for the child.
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5 | The Department shall adopt rules addressing concurrent | ||||||
6 | planning for
reunification and permanency. The Department | ||||||
7 | shall consider the following
factors when determining | ||||||
8 | appropriateness of concurrent planning:
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9 | (1) the likelihood of prompt reunification;
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10 | (2) the past history of the family;
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11 | (3) the barriers to reunification being addressed by | ||||||
12 | the family;
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13 | (4) the level of cooperation of the family;
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14 | (5) the foster parents' willingness to work with the | ||||||
15 | family to reunite;
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16 | (6) the willingness and ability of the foster family to | ||||||
17 | provide an
adoptive
home or long-term placement;
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18 | (7) the age of the child;
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19 | (8) placement of siblings.
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20 | (m) The Department may assume temporary custody of any | ||||||
21 | child if:
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22 | (1) it has received a written consent to such temporary | ||||||
23 | custody
signed by the parents of the child or by the parent | ||||||
24 | having custody of the
child if the parents are not living | ||||||
25 | together or by the guardian or
custodian of the child if | ||||||
26 | the child is not in the custody of either
parent, or
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1 | (2) the child is found in the State and neither a | ||||||
2 | parent,
guardian nor custodian of the child can be located.
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3 | If the child is found in his or her residence without a parent, | ||||||
4 | guardian,
custodian or responsible caretaker, the Department | ||||||
5 | may, instead of removing
the child and assuming temporary | ||||||
6 | custody, place an authorized
representative of the Department | ||||||
7 | in that residence until such time as a
parent, guardian or | ||||||
8 | custodian enters the home and expresses a willingness
and | ||||||
9 | apparent ability to ensure the child's health and safety and | ||||||
10 | resume
permanent
charge of the child, or until a
relative | ||||||
11 | enters the home and is willing and able to ensure the child's | ||||||
12 | health
and
safety and assume charge of the
child until a | ||||||
13 | parent, guardian or custodian enters the home and expresses
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14 | such willingness and ability to ensure the child's safety and | ||||||
15 | resume
permanent charge. After a caretaker has remained in the | ||||||
16 | home for a period not
to exceed 12 hours, the Department must | ||||||
17 | follow those procedures outlined in
Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8, or | ||||||
18 | 5-415 of the Juvenile Court Act
of 1987.
| ||||||
19 | The Department shall have the authority, responsibilities | ||||||
20 | and duties that
a legal custodian of the child would have | ||||||
21 | pursuant to subsection (9) of
Section 1-3 of the Juvenile Court | ||||||
22 | Act of 1987. Whenever a child is taken
into temporary custody | ||||||
23 | pursuant to an investigation under the Abused and
Neglected | ||||||
24 | Child Reporting Act, or pursuant to a referral and acceptance
| ||||||
25 | under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 of a minor in limited | ||||||
26 | custody, the
Department, during the period of temporary custody |
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| |||||||
1 | and before the child
is brought before a judicial officer as | ||||||
2 | required by Section 2-9, 3-11,
4-8, or 5-415 of the Juvenile | ||||||
3 | Court Act of 1987, shall have
the authority, responsibilities | ||||||
4 | and duties that a legal custodian of the child
would have under | ||||||
5 | subsection (9) of Section 1-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of
| ||||||
6 | 1987.
| ||||||
7 | The Department shall ensure that any child taken into | ||||||
8 | custody
is scheduled for an appointment for a medical | ||||||
9 | examination.
| ||||||
10 | A parent, guardian or custodian of a child in the temporary | ||||||
11 | custody of the
Department who would have custody of the child | ||||||
12 | if he were not in the
temporary custody of the Department may | ||||||
13 | deliver to the Department a signed
request that the Department | ||||||
14 | surrender the temporary custody of the child.
The Department | ||||||
15 | may retain temporary custody of the child for 10 days after
the | ||||||
16 | receipt of the request, during which period the Department may | ||||||
17 | cause to
be filed a petition pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
18 | of 1987. If a
petition is so filed, the Department shall retain | ||||||
19 | temporary custody of the
child until the court orders | ||||||
20 | otherwise. If a petition is not filed within
the 10-day period, | ||||||
21 | the child shall be surrendered to the custody of the
requesting | ||||||
22 | parent, guardian or custodian not later than the expiration of
| ||||||
23 | the 10-day period, at which time the authority and duties of | ||||||
24 | the Department
with respect to the temporary custody of the | ||||||
25 | child shall terminate.
| ||||||
26 | (m-1) The Department may place children under 18 years of |
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| |||||||
1 | age in a secure
child care facility licensed by the Department | ||||||
2 | that cares for children who are
in need of secure living | ||||||
3 | arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being
after a | ||||||
4 | determination is made by the facility director and the Director | ||||||
5 | or the
Director's designate prior to admission to the facility | ||||||
6 | subject to Section
2-27.1 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
7 | This subsection (m-1) does not apply
to a child who is subject | ||||||
8 | to placement in a correctional facility operated
pursuant to | ||||||
9 | Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections, unless the
| ||||||
10 | child is a youth in care who was placed in the care of the | ||||||
11 | Department before being
subject to placement in a correctional | ||||||
12 | facility and a court of competent
jurisdiction has ordered | ||||||
13 | placement of the child in a secure care facility.
| ||||||
14 | (n) The Department may place children under 18 years of age | ||||||
15 | in
licensed child care facilities when in the opinion of the | ||||||
16 | Department,
appropriate services aimed at family preservation | ||||||
17 | have been unsuccessful and
cannot ensure the child's health and | ||||||
18 | safety or are unavailable and such
placement would be for their | ||||||
19 | best interest. Payment
for board, clothing, care, training and | ||||||
20 | supervision of any child placed in
a licensed child care | ||||||
21 | facility may be made by the Department, by the
parents or | ||||||
22 | guardians of the estates of those children, or by both the
| ||||||
23 | Department and the parents or guardians, except that no | ||||||
24 | payments shall be
made by the Department for any child placed | ||||||
25 | in a licensed child care
facility for board, clothing, care, | ||||||
26 | training and supervision of such a
child that exceed the |
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| |||||||
1 | average per capita cost of maintaining and of caring
for a | ||||||
2 | child in institutions for dependent or neglected children | ||||||
3 | operated by
the Department. However, such restriction on | ||||||
4 | payments does not apply in
cases where children require | ||||||
5 | specialized care and treatment for problems of
severe emotional | ||||||
6 | disturbance, physical disability, social adjustment, or
any | ||||||
7 | combination thereof and suitable facilities for the placement | ||||||
8 | of such
children are not available at payment rates within the | ||||||
9 | limitations set
forth in this Section. All reimbursements for | ||||||
10 | services delivered shall be
absolutely inalienable by | ||||||
11 | assignment, sale, attachment, garnishment or
otherwise.
| ||||||
12 | (n-1) The Department shall provide or authorize child | ||||||
13 | welfare services, aimed at assisting minors to achieve | ||||||
14 | sustainable self-sufficiency as independent adults, for any | ||||||
15 | minor eligible for the reinstatement of wardship pursuant to | ||||||
16 | subsection (2) of Section 2-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
17 | 1987, whether or not such reinstatement is sought or allowed, | ||||||
18 | provided that the minor consents to such services and has not | ||||||
19 | yet attained the age of 21. The Department shall have | ||||||
20 | responsibility for the development and delivery of services | ||||||
21 | under this Section. An eligible youth may access services under | ||||||
22 | this Section through the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
23 | Services or by referral from the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
24 | Youth participating in services under this Section shall | ||||||
25 | cooperate with the assigned case manager in developing an | ||||||
26 | agreement identifying the services to be provided and how the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | youth will increase skills to achieve self-sufficiency. A | ||||||
2 | homeless shelter is not considered appropriate housing for any | ||||||
3 | youth receiving child welfare services under this Section. The | ||||||
4 | Department shall continue child welfare services under this | ||||||
5 | Section to any eligible minor until the minor becomes 21 years | ||||||
6 | of age, no longer consents to participate, or achieves | ||||||
7 | self-sufficiency as identified in the minor's service plan. The | ||||||
8 | Department of Children and Family Services shall create clear, | ||||||
9 | readable notice of the rights of former foster youth to child | ||||||
10 | welfare services under this Section and how such services may | ||||||
11 | be obtained. The Department of Children and Family Services and | ||||||
12 | the Department of Human Services shall disseminate this | ||||||
13 | information statewide. The Department shall adopt regulations | ||||||
14 | describing services intended to assist minors in achieving | ||||||
15 | sustainable self-sufficiency as independent adults. | ||||||
16 | (o) The Department shall establish an administrative | ||||||
17 | review and appeal
process for children and families who request | ||||||
18 | or receive child welfare
services from the Department. Youth in | ||||||
19 | care who are placed by private child welfare agencies, and | ||||||
20 | foster families with whom
those youth are placed, shall be | ||||||
21 | afforded the same procedural and appeal
rights as children and | ||||||
22 | families in the case of placement by the Department,
including | ||||||
23 | the right to an initial review of a private agency decision by
| ||||||
24 | that agency. The Department shall ensure that any private child | ||||||
25 | welfare
agency, which accepts youth in care for placement, | ||||||
26 | affords those
rights to children and foster families. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department shall accept for
administrative review and an appeal | ||||||
2 | hearing a complaint made by (i) a child
or foster family | ||||||
3 | concerning a decision following an initial review by a
private | ||||||
4 | child welfare agency or (ii) a prospective adoptive parent who | ||||||
5 | alleges
a violation of subsection (j-5) of this Section. An | ||||||
6 | appeal of a decision
concerning a change in the placement of a | ||||||
7 | child shall be conducted in an
expedited manner. A court | ||||||
8 | determination that a current foster home placement is necessary | ||||||
9 | and appropriate under Section 2-28 of the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
10 | 1987 does not constitute a judicial determination on the merits | ||||||
11 | of an administrative appeal, filed by a former foster parent, | ||||||
12 | involving a change of placement decision.
| ||||||
13 | (p) (Blank).
| ||||||
14 | (q) The Department may receive and use, in their entirety, | ||||||
15 | for the
benefit of children any gift, donation or bequest of | ||||||
16 | money or other
property which is received on behalf of such | ||||||
17 | children, or any financial
benefits to which such children are | ||||||
18 | or may become entitled while under
the jurisdiction or care of | ||||||
19 | the Department.
| ||||||
20 | The Department shall set up and administer no-cost, | ||||||
21 | interest-bearing accounts in appropriate financial | ||||||
22 | institutions
for children for whom the Department is legally | ||||||
23 | responsible and who have been
determined eligible for Veterans' | ||||||
24 | Benefits, Social Security benefits,
assistance allotments from | ||||||
25 | the armed forces, court ordered payments, parental
voluntary | ||||||
26 | payments, Supplemental Security Income, Railroad Retirement
|
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| |||||||
1 | payments, Black Lung benefits, or other miscellaneous | ||||||
2 | payments. Interest
earned by each account shall be credited to | ||||||
3 | the account, unless
disbursed in accordance with this | ||||||
4 | subsection.
| ||||||
5 | In disbursing funds from children's accounts, the | ||||||
6 | Department
shall:
| ||||||
7 | (1) Establish standards in accordance with State and | ||||||
8 | federal laws for
disbursing money from children's | ||||||
9 | accounts. In all
circumstances,
the Department's | ||||||
10 | "Guardianship Administrator" or his or her designee must
| ||||||
11 | approve disbursements from children's accounts. The | ||||||
12 | Department
shall be responsible for keeping complete | ||||||
13 | records of all disbursements for each account for any | ||||||
14 | purpose.
| ||||||
15 | (2) Calculate on a monthly basis the amounts paid from | ||||||
16 | State funds for the
child's board and care, medical care | ||||||
17 | not covered under Medicaid, and social
services; and | ||||||
18 | utilize funds from the child's account, as
covered by | ||||||
19 | regulation, to reimburse those costs. Monthly, | ||||||
20 | disbursements from
all children's accounts, up to 1/12 of | ||||||
21 | $13,000,000, shall be
deposited by the Department into the | ||||||
22 | General Revenue Fund and the balance over
1/12 of | ||||||
23 | $13,000,000 into the DCFS Children's Services Fund.
| ||||||
24 | (3) Maintain any balance remaining after reimbursing | ||||||
25 | for the child's costs
of care, as specified in item (2). | ||||||
26 | The balance shall accumulate in accordance
with relevant |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | State and federal laws and shall be disbursed to the child | ||||||
2 | or his
or her guardian, or to the issuing agency.
| ||||||
3 | (r) The Department shall promulgate regulations | ||||||
4 | encouraging all adoption
agencies to voluntarily forward to the | ||||||
5 | Department or its agent names and
addresses of all persons who | ||||||
6 | have applied for and have been approved for
adoption of a | ||||||
7 | hard-to-place child or child with a disability and the names of | ||||||
8 | such
children who have not been placed for adoption. A list of | ||||||
9 | such names and
addresses shall be maintained by the Department | ||||||
10 | or its agent, and coded
lists which maintain the | ||||||
11 | confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the
child and of | ||||||
12 | the child shall be made available, without charge, to every
| ||||||
13 | adoption agency in the State to assist the agencies in placing | ||||||
14 | such
children for adoption. The Department may delegate to an | ||||||
15 | agent its duty to
maintain and make available such lists. The | ||||||
16 | Department shall ensure that
such agent maintains the | ||||||
17 | confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the
child and of | ||||||
18 | the child.
| ||||||
19 | (s) The Department of Children and Family Services may | ||||||
20 | establish and
implement a program to reimburse Department and | ||||||
21 | private child welfare
agency foster parents licensed by the | ||||||
22 | Department of Children and Family
Services for damages | ||||||
23 | sustained by the foster parents as a result of the
malicious or | ||||||
24 | negligent acts of foster children, as well as providing third
| ||||||
25 | party coverage for such foster parents with regard to actions | ||||||
26 | of foster
children to other individuals. Such coverage will be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | secondary to the
foster parent liability insurance policy, if | ||||||
2 | applicable. The program shall
be funded through appropriations | ||||||
3 | from the General Revenue Fund,
specifically designated for such | ||||||
4 | purposes.
| ||||||
5 | (t) The Department shall perform home studies and | ||||||
6 | investigations and
shall exercise supervision over visitation | ||||||
7 | as ordered by a court pursuant
to the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
8 | Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Adoption
Act only if:
| ||||||
9 | (1) an order entered by an Illinois court specifically
| ||||||
10 | directs the Department to perform such services; and
| ||||||
11 | (2) the court has ordered one or both of the parties to
| ||||||
12 | the proceeding to reimburse the Department for its | ||||||
13 | reasonable costs for
providing such services in accordance | ||||||
14 | with Department rules, or has
determined that neither party | ||||||
15 | is financially able to pay.
| ||||||
16 | The Department shall provide written notification to the | ||||||
17 | court of the
specific arrangements for supervised visitation | ||||||
18 | and projected monthly costs
within 60 days of the court order. | ||||||
19 | The Department shall send to the court
information related to | ||||||
20 | the costs incurred except in cases where the court
has | ||||||
21 | determined the parties are financially unable to pay. The court | ||||||
22 | may
order additional periodic reports as appropriate.
| ||||||
23 | (u) In addition to other information that must be provided, | ||||||
24 | whenever the Department places a child with a prospective | ||||||
25 | adoptive parent or parents or in a licensed foster home,
group | ||||||
26 | home, child care institution, or in a relative home, the |
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| |||||||
1 | Department
shall provide to the prospective adoptive parent or | ||||||
2 | parents or other caretaker:
| ||||||
3 | (1) available detailed information concerning the | ||||||
4 | child's educational
and health history, copies of | ||||||
5 | immunization records (including insurance
and medical card | ||||||
6 | information), a history of the child's previous | ||||||
7 | placements,
if any, and reasons for placement changes | ||||||
8 | excluding any information that
identifies or reveals the | ||||||
9 | location of any previous caretaker;
| ||||||
10 | (2) a copy of the child's portion of the client service | ||||||
11 | plan, including
any visitation arrangement, and all | ||||||
12 | amendments or revisions to it as
related to the child; and
| ||||||
13 | (3) information containing details of the child's | ||||||
14 | individualized
educational plan when the child is | ||||||
15 | receiving special education services.
| ||||||
16 | The caretaker shall be informed of any known social or | ||||||
17 | behavioral
information (including, but not limited to, | ||||||
18 | criminal background, fire
setting, perpetuation of
sexual | ||||||
19 | abuse, destructive behavior, and substance abuse) necessary to | ||||||
20 | care
for and safeguard the children to be placed or currently | ||||||
21 | in the home. The Department may prepare a written summary of | ||||||
22 | the information required by this paragraph, which may be | ||||||
23 | provided to the foster or prospective adoptive parent in | ||||||
24 | advance of a placement. The foster or prospective adoptive | ||||||
25 | parent may review the supporting documents in the child's file | ||||||
26 | in the presence of casework staff. In the case of an emergency |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | placement, casework staff shall at least provide known | ||||||
2 | information verbally, if necessary, and must subsequently | ||||||
3 | provide the information in writing as required by this | ||||||
4 | subsection.
| ||||||
5 | The information described in this subsection shall be | ||||||
6 | provided in writing. In the case of emergency placements when | ||||||
7 | time does not allow prior review, preparation, and collection | ||||||
8 | of written information, the Department shall provide such | ||||||
9 | information as it becomes available. Within 10 business days | ||||||
10 | after placement, the Department shall obtain from the | ||||||
11 | prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker a | ||||||
12 | signed verification of receipt of the information provided. | ||||||
13 | Within 10 business days after placement, the Department shall | ||||||
14 | provide to the child's guardian ad litem a copy of the | ||||||
15 | information provided to the prospective adoptive parent or | ||||||
16 | parents or other caretaker. The information provided to the | ||||||
17 | prospective adoptive parent or parents or other caretaker shall | ||||||
18 | be reviewed and approved regarding accuracy at the supervisory | ||||||
19 | level.
| ||||||
20 | (u-5) Effective July 1, 1995, only foster care placements | ||||||
21 | licensed as
foster family homes pursuant to the Child Care Act | ||||||
22 | of 1969 shall be eligible to
receive foster care payments from | ||||||
23 | the Department.
Relative caregivers who, as of July 1, 1995, | ||||||
24 | were approved pursuant to approved
relative placement rules | ||||||
25 | previously promulgated by the Department at 89 Ill.
Adm. Code | ||||||
26 | 335 and had submitted an application for licensure as a foster |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | family
home may continue to receive foster care payments only | ||||||
2 | until the Department
determines that they may be licensed as a | ||||||
3 | foster family home or that their
application for licensure is | ||||||
4 | denied or until September 30, 1995, whichever
occurs first.
| ||||||
5 | (v) The Department shall access criminal history record | ||||||
6 | information
as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction | ||||||
7 | Information Act and information
maintained in the adjudicatory | ||||||
8 | and dispositional record system as defined in
Section 2605-355 | ||||||
9 | of the
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-355)
| ||||||
10 | if the Department determines the information is necessary to | ||||||
11 | perform its duties
under the Abused and Neglected Child | ||||||
12 | Reporting Act, the Child Care Act of 1969,
and the Children and | ||||||
13 | Family Services Act. The Department shall provide for
| ||||||
14 | interactive computerized communication and processing | ||||||
15 | equipment that permits
direct on-line communication with the | ||||||
16 | Department of State Police's central
criminal history data | ||||||
17 | repository. The Department shall comply with all
certification | ||||||
18 | requirements and provide certified operators who have been
| ||||||
19 | trained by personnel from the Department of State Police. In | ||||||
20 | addition, one
Office of the Inspector General investigator | ||||||
21 | shall have training in the use of
the criminal history | ||||||
22 | information access system and have
access to the terminal. The | ||||||
23 | Department of Children and Family Services and its
employees | ||||||
24 | shall abide by rules and regulations established by the | ||||||
25 | Department of
State Police relating to the access and | ||||||
26 | dissemination of
this information.
|
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1 | (v-1) Prior to final approval for placement of a child, the | ||||||
2 | Department shall conduct a criminal records background check of | ||||||
3 | the prospective foster or adoptive parent, including | ||||||
4 | fingerprint-based checks of national crime information | ||||||
5 | databases. Final approval for placement shall not be granted if | ||||||
6 | the record check reveals a felony conviction for child abuse or | ||||||
7 | neglect, for spousal abuse, for a crime against children, or | ||||||
8 | for a crime involving violence, including rape, sexual assault, | ||||||
9 | or homicide, but not including other physical assault or | ||||||
10 | battery, or if there is a felony conviction for physical | ||||||
11 | assault, battery, or a drug-related offense committed within | ||||||
12 | the past 5 years. | ||||||
13 | (v-2) Prior to final approval for placement of a child, the | ||||||
14 | Department shall check its child abuse and neglect registry for | ||||||
15 | information concerning prospective foster and adoptive | ||||||
16 | parents, and any adult living in the home. If any prospective | ||||||
17 | foster or adoptive parent or other adult living in the home has | ||||||
18 | resided in another state in the preceding 5 years, the | ||||||
19 | Department shall request a check of that other state's child | ||||||
20 | abuse and neglect registry.
| ||||||
21 | (w) Within 120 days of August 20, 1995 (the effective date | ||||||
22 | of Public Act
89-392), the Department shall prepare and submit | ||||||
23 | to the Governor and the
General Assembly, a written plan for | ||||||
24 | the development of in-state licensed
secure child care | ||||||
25 | facilities that care for children who are in need of secure
| ||||||
26 | living
arrangements for their health, safety, and well-being. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | For purposes of this
subsection, secure care facility shall | ||||||
2 | mean a facility that is designed and
operated to ensure that | ||||||
3 | all entrances and exits from the facility, a building
or a | ||||||
4 | distinct part of the building, are under the exclusive control | ||||||
5 | of the
staff of the facility, whether or not the child has the | ||||||
6 | freedom of movement
within the perimeter of the facility, | ||||||
7 | building, or distinct part of the
building. The plan shall | ||||||
8 | include descriptions of the types of facilities that
are needed | ||||||
9 | in Illinois; the cost of developing these secure care | ||||||
10 | facilities;
the estimated number of placements; the potential | ||||||
11 | cost savings resulting from
the movement of children currently | ||||||
12 | out-of-state who are projected to be
returned to Illinois; the | ||||||
13 | necessary geographic distribution of these
facilities in | ||||||
14 | Illinois; and a proposed timetable for development of such
| ||||||
15 | facilities. | ||||||
16 | (x) The Department shall conduct annual credit history | ||||||
17 | checks to determine the financial history of children placed | ||||||
18 | under its guardianship pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
19 | 1987. The Department shall conduct such credit checks starting | ||||||
20 | when a youth in care turns 12 years old and each year | ||||||
21 | thereafter for the duration of the guardianship as terminated | ||||||
22 | pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Department | ||||||
23 | shall determine if financial exploitation of the child's | ||||||
24 | personal information has occurred. If financial exploitation | ||||||
25 | appears to have taken place or is presently ongoing, the | ||||||
26 | Department shall notify the proper law enforcement agency, the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proper State's Attorney, or the Attorney General. | ||||||
2 | (y) Beginning on July 22, 2010 (the effective date of | ||||||
3 | Public Act 96-1189), a child with a disability who receives | ||||||
4 | residential and educational services from the Department shall | ||||||
5 | be eligible to receive transition services in accordance with | ||||||
6 | Article 14 of the School Code from the age of 14.5 through age | ||||||
7 | 21, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's residential | ||||||
8 | services arrangement. For purposes of this subsection, "child | ||||||
9 | with a disability" means a child with a disability as defined | ||||||
10 | by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education | ||||||
11 | Improvement Act of 2004. | ||||||
12 | (z) The Department shall access criminal history record | ||||||
13 | information as defined as "background information" in this | ||||||
14 | subsection and criminal history record information as defined | ||||||
15 | in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act for each | ||||||
16 | Department employee or Department applicant. Each Department | ||||||
17 | employee or Department applicant shall submit his or her | ||||||
18 | fingerprints to the Department of State Police in the form and | ||||||
19 | manner prescribed by the Department of State Police. These | ||||||
20 | fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records | ||||||
21 | now and hereafter filed in the Department of State Police and | ||||||
22 | the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records | ||||||
23 | databases. The Department of State Police shall charge a fee | ||||||
24 | for conducting the criminal history record check, which shall | ||||||
25 | be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not | ||||||
26 | exceed the actual cost of the record check. The Department of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive | ||||||
2 | identification, all Illinois conviction information to the | ||||||
3 | Department of Children and Family Services. | ||||||
4 | For purposes of this subsection: | ||||||
5 | "Background information" means all of the following: | ||||||
6 | (i) Upon the request of the Department of Children and | ||||||
7 | Family Services, conviction information obtained from the | ||||||
8 | Department of State Police as a result of a | ||||||
9 | fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois criminal history records database and the Federal | ||||||
11 | Bureau of Investigation criminal history records database | ||||||
12 | concerning a Department employee or Department applicant. | ||||||
13 | (ii) Information obtained by the Department of | ||||||
14 | Children and Family Services after performing a check of | ||||||
15 | the Department of State Police's Sex Offender Database, as | ||||||
16 | authorized by Section 120 of the Sex Offender Community | ||||||
17 | Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or | ||||||
18 | Department applicant. | ||||||
19 | (iii) Information obtained by the Department of | ||||||
20 | Children and Family Services after performing a check of | ||||||
21 | the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) | ||||||
22 | operated and maintained by the Department. | ||||||
23 | "Department employee" means a full-time or temporary | ||||||
24 | employee coded or certified within the State of Illinois | ||||||
25 | Personnel System. | ||||||
26 | "Department applicant" means an individual who has |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | conditional Department full-time or part-time work, a | ||||||
2 | contractor, an individual used to replace or supplement staff, | ||||||
3 | an academic intern, a volunteer in Department offices or on | ||||||
4 | Department contracts, a work-study student, an individual or | ||||||
5 | entity licensed by the Department, or an unlicensed service | ||||||
6 | provider who works as a condition of a contract or an agreement | ||||||
7 | and whose work may bring the unlicensed service provider into | ||||||
8 | contact with Department clients or client records. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; | ||||||
10 | 100-159, eff. 8-18-17; 100-522, eff. 9-22-17; 100-759, eff. | ||||||
11 | 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-978, eff. 8-19-18; revised | ||||||
12 | 10-3-18.)
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13 | Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
14 | changing Sections 2-3, 2-4, 2-23, 2-27, and 5-710 as follows:
| ||||||
15 | (705 ILCS 405/2-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-3) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 2-3. Neglected or abused minor. | ||||||
17 | (1) Those who are neglected include: | ||||||
18 | (a) any minor under 18 years of age or a minor 18 years | ||||||
19 | of age or older for whom the court has made a finding of | ||||||
20 | probable cause to believe that the minor is abused, | ||||||
21 | neglected, or dependent under subsection (1) of Section | ||||||
22 | 2-10 prior to the minor's 18th birthday who is not | ||||||
23 | receiving
the proper or necessary support, education as
| ||||||
24 | required by law, or medical or other remedial care |
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1 | recognized under
State law as necessary for a minor's | ||||||
2 | well-being, or other care necessary
for his or her | ||||||
3 | well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter,
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4 | or who is abandoned by his or her parent or parents or | ||||||
5 | other person or persons responsible for
the minor's | ||||||
6 | welfare, except that a minor shall not be considered | ||||||
7 | neglected
for the sole reason that the minor's parent or | ||||||
8 | parents or other person or persons responsible for the
| ||||||
9 | minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of an adult | ||||||
10 | relative for any
period of time, who the parent or parents | ||||||
11 | or other person responsible for the minor's welfare know is | ||||||
12 | both a mentally capable adult relative and physically | ||||||
13 | capable adult relative, as defined by this Act; or | ||||||
14 | (b) any minor under 18 years of age or a minor 18 years | ||||||
15 | of age or older for whom the court has made a finding of | ||||||
16 | probable cause to believe that the minor is abused, | ||||||
17 | neglected, or dependent under subsection (1) of Section | ||||||
18 | 2-10 prior to the minor's 18th birthday whose environment | ||||||
19 | is injurious
to his or her welfare; or | ||||||
20 | (c) any newborn infant whose blood, urine, or meconium
| ||||||
21 | contains any amount of a
controlled substance as defined in | ||||||
22 | subsection (f) of Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled | ||||||
23 | Substances Act, as now or hereafter amended, or a
| ||||||
24 | metabolite of a controlled substance, with the exception of | ||||||
25 | controlled
substances or metabolites of such substances, | ||||||
26 | the presence of which in the
newborn infant is the result |
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1 | of medical treatment administered to the
mother or the | ||||||
2 | newborn infant; or | ||||||
3 | (d) any minor under the age of 14 years whose parent or | ||||||
4 | other person
responsible for the minor's welfare leaves the | ||||||
5 | minor without
supervision for an unreasonable period of | ||||||
6 | time without regard for the mental or
physical health, | ||||||
7 | safety, or welfare of that minor; or | ||||||
8 | (e) any minor who has been provided with interim crisis | ||||||
9 | intervention
services under Section 3-5 of this Act and | ||||||
10 | whose parent, guardian, or custodian
refuses to permit the | ||||||
11 | minor to return home unless the minor is an immediate | ||||||
12 | physical danger to himself, herself, or others living in | ||||||
13 | the home.
| ||||||
14 | Whether the minor was left without regard for the mental or | ||||||
15 | physical health,
safety, or welfare of that minor or the period | ||||||
16 | of time was unreasonable shall
be determined by considering the | ||||||
17 | following factors, including but not limited
to: | ||||||
18 | (1) the age of the minor; | ||||||
19 | (2) the number of minors left at the location; | ||||||
20 | (3) special needs of the minor, including whether the | ||||||
21 | minor is a person with a physical or mental disability, or | ||||||
22 | otherwise in need of ongoing prescribed medical
treatment | ||||||
23 | such as periodic doses of insulin or other medications; | ||||||
24 | (4) the duration of time in which the minor was left | ||||||
25 | without supervision; | ||||||
26 | (5) the condition and location of the place where the |
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| |||||||
1 | minor was left
without supervision; | ||||||
2 | (6) the time of day or night when the minor was left | ||||||
3 | without supervision; | ||||||
4 | (7) the weather conditions, including whether the | ||||||
5 | minor was left in a
location with adequate protection from | ||||||
6 | the natural elements such as adequate
heat or light; | ||||||
7 | (8) the location of the parent or guardian at the time | ||||||
8 | the minor was left
without supervision, the physical | ||||||
9 | distance the minor was from the parent or
guardian at the | ||||||
10 | time the minor was without supervision; | ||||||
11 | (9) whether the minor's movement was restricted, or the | ||||||
12 | minor was
otherwise locked within a room or other | ||||||
13 | structure; | ||||||
14 | (10) whether the minor was given a phone number of a | ||||||
15 | person or location to
call in the event of an emergency and | ||||||
16 | whether the minor was capable of making
an emergency call; | ||||||
17 | (11) whether there was food and other provision left | ||||||
18 | for the minor; | ||||||
19 | (12) whether any of the conduct is attributable to | ||||||
20 | economic hardship or
illness and the parent, guardian or | ||||||
21 | other person having physical custody or
control of the | ||||||
22 | child made a good faith effort to provide for the health | ||||||
23 | and
safety of the minor; | ||||||
24 | (13) the age and physical and mental capabilities of | ||||||
25 | the person or persons
who provided supervision for the | ||||||
26 | minor; |
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1 | (14) whether the minor was left under the supervision | ||||||
2 | of another person; | ||||||
3 | (15) any other factor that would endanger the health | ||||||
4 | and safety of that
particular minor. | ||||||
5 | A minor shall not be considered neglected for the sole | ||||||
6 | reason that the
minor has been relinquished in accordance with | ||||||
7 | the Abandoned Newborn Infant
Protection Act. | ||||||
8 | (2) Those who are abused include any minor under 18 years | ||||||
9 | of age or a minor 18 years of age or older for whom the court | ||||||
10 | has made a finding of probable cause to believe that the minor | ||||||
11 | is abused, neglected, or dependent under subsection (1) of | ||||||
12 | Section 2-10 prior to the minor's 18th birthday whose
parent or | ||||||
13 | immediate family member, or any person responsible
for the | ||||||
14 | minor's welfare, or any person who is in the same family or | ||||||
15 | household
as the minor, or any individual residing in the same | ||||||
16 | home as the minor, or
a paramour of the minor's parent: | ||||||
17 | (i) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be | ||||||
18 | inflicted upon
such minor physical injury, by other than | ||||||
19 | accidental means, which causes death,
disfigurement, | ||||||
20 | impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
| ||||||
21 | impairment of any bodily function; | ||||||
22 | (ii) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to | ||||||
23 | such minor by
other than accidental means which would be | ||||||
24 | likely to cause death,
disfigurement, impairment of | ||||||
25 | emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
bodily | ||||||
26 | function; |
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1 | (iii) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense | ||||||
2 | against such
minor, as such sex offenses are defined in the | ||||||
3 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or in | ||||||
4 | the Wrongs to Children Act, and extending those definitions | ||||||
5 | of sex offenses to include minors
under 18 years of age; | ||||||
6 | (iv) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts | ||||||
7 | of torture upon
such minor; | ||||||
8 | (v) inflicts excessive corporal punishment; | ||||||
9 | (vi) commits or allows to be committed the offense of | ||||||
10 | involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a | ||||||
11 | minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9 | ||||||
12 | of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||
13 | upon such minor; or | ||||||
14 | (vii) allows, encourages or requires a minor to commit | ||||||
15 | any act of prostitution, as defined in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
16 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, and extending those | ||||||
17 | definitions to include minors under 18 years of age. | ||||||
18 | A minor shall not be considered abused for the sole reason | ||||||
19 | that the minor
has been relinquished in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | Abandoned Newborn Infant
Protection Act. | ||||||
21 | (3) This Section does not apply to a minor who would be | ||||||
22 | included
herein solely for the purpose of qualifying for | ||||||
23 | financial assistance for
himself, his parents, guardian or | ||||||
24 | custodian. | ||||||
25 | (4) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 101st | ||||||
26 | General Assembly apply to a case that is pending on or after |
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| |||||||
1 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
2 | Assembly. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| ||||||
4 | (705 ILCS 405/2-4) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-4)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 2-4. Dependent minor.
| ||||||
6 | (1) Those who are dependent include any minor under 18 | ||||||
7 | years of age or a minor 18 years of age or older for whom the | ||||||
8 | court has made a finding of probable cause to believe that the | ||||||
9 | minor is abused, neglected, or dependent under subsection (1) | ||||||
10 | of Section 2-10 prior to the minor's 18th birthday :
| ||||||
11 | (a) who is without a parent, guardian or legal | ||||||
12 | custodian;
| ||||||
13 | (b) who is without proper care because of the physical | ||||||
14 | or mental
disability of his parent, guardian or custodian;
| ||||||
15 | (c) who is without proper medical or other remedial | ||||||
16 | care recognized under
State law or other care necessary for | ||||||
17 | his or her well being through no fault,
neglect or lack of | ||||||
18 | concern by his parents, guardian or custodian, provided
| ||||||
19 | that no order may be made terminating parental rights, nor | ||||||
20 | may a minor be
removed from the custody of his or her | ||||||
21 | parents for longer than 6 months,
pursuant to an | ||||||
22 | adjudication as a dependent minor under this subdivision | ||||||
23 | (c),
unless it is found to be in his or her best interest | ||||||
24 | by the court or the case
automatically closes as provided | ||||||
25 | under Section 2-31 of this Act; or
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| |||||||
1 | (d) who has a parent, guardian or legal custodian who | ||||||
2 | with good cause
wishes to be relieved of all residual | ||||||
3 | parental rights and
responsibilities, guardianship or | ||||||
4 | custody, and who desires the
appointment of a guardian of | ||||||
5 | the person with power to consent to the
adoption of the | ||||||
6 | minor under Section 2-29.
| ||||||
7 | (2) This Section does not apply to a minor who would be | ||||||
8 | included
herein solely for the purpose of qualifying for | ||||||
9 | financial assistance for
himself, his parent or parents, | ||||||
10 | guardian or custodian or to a minor solely because his
or her | ||||||
11 | parent or parents or guardian has left the minor for any period | ||||||
12 | of time in the care
of an adult relative, who the parent or | ||||||
13 | parents or guardian know is both a mentally capable adult | ||||||
14 | relative and physically capable adult relative, as defined by | ||||||
15 | this Act.
| ||||||
16 | (3) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 101st | ||||||
17 | General Assembly apply to a case that is pending on or after | ||||||
18 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
19 | Assembly. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 96-168, eff. 8-10-09.)
| ||||||
21 | (705 ILCS 405/2-23) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-23)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 2-23. Kinds of dispositional orders.
| ||||||
23 | (1) The following kinds of orders of disposition may be | ||||||
24 | made in respect of
wards of the court:
| ||||||
25 | (a) A minor under 18 years of age found to be neglected |
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| |||||||
1 | or abused under
Section 2-3 or dependent under Section 2-4 | ||||||
2 | may be (1) continued in the
custody of his or her parents,
| ||||||
3 | guardian or legal custodian; (2) placed in accordance with | ||||||
4 | Section 2-27;
(3) restored to the custody of the parent, | ||||||
5 | parents, guardian, or legal
custodian, provided the court | ||||||
6 | shall order the parent, parents, guardian, or
legal | ||||||
7 | custodian to cooperate with the Department of Children and | ||||||
8 | Family
Services and comply with the terms of an after-care | ||||||
9 | plan or risk the loss of
custody of the child and the | ||||||
10 | possible termination of their parental rights;
or
(4) | ||||||
11 | ordered partially or completely emancipated in accordance | ||||||
12 | with
the provisions of the Emancipation of Minors Act.
| ||||||
13 | However, in any case in which a minor is found by the | ||||||
14 | court to be
neglected or abused under Section 2-3 of this | ||||||
15 | Act, custody of the minor
shall not be restored to any | ||||||
16 | parent, guardian or legal custodian whose acts
or omissions | ||||||
17 | or both have been identified, pursuant to subsection (1) of
| ||||||
18 | Section 2-21, as forming the basis for the court's finding | ||||||
19 | of abuse or
neglect, until such time
as a
hearing is held | ||||||
20 | on the issue of the best interests of the minor and the | ||||||
21 | fitness
of such parent, guardian or legal custodian to care | ||||||
22 | for the minor without
endangering the minor's health or | ||||||
23 | safety, and the court
enters an order that such parent, | ||||||
24 | guardian or legal custodian is fit to care
for the minor.
| ||||||
25 | (b) A minor under 18 years of age found to be dependent | ||||||
26 | under
Section 2-4 may be (1) placed in accordance with |
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| |||||||
1 | Section 2-27 or (2)
ordered partially or completely | ||||||
2 | emancipated in accordance with the
provisions of the | ||||||
3 | Emancipation of Minors Act.
| ||||||
4 | However, in any case in which a minor is found by the | ||||||
5 | court to be
dependent under Section 2-4 of this Act, | ||||||
6 | custody of the minor shall not be
restored to
any parent, | ||||||
7 | guardian or legal custodian whose acts or omissions or both | ||||||
8 | have
been identified, pursuant to subsection (1) of Section | ||||||
9 | 2-21, as forming the
basis for the court's finding of | ||||||
10 | dependency, until such
time as a hearing is
held on the | ||||||
11 | issue of the fitness of such parent, guardian or legal
| ||||||
12 | custodian to care for the minor without endangering the | ||||||
13 | minor's health or
safety, and the court enters an order | ||||||
14 | that such
parent, guardian or legal custodian is fit to | ||||||
15 | care for the minor.
| ||||||
16 | (b-1) A minor between the ages of 18 and 21 may be | ||||||
17 | placed pursuant to Section 2-27 of this Act if (1) the | ||||||
18 | court has granted a supplemental petition to reinstate | ||||||
19 | wardship of the minor pursuant to subsection (2) of Section | ||||||
20 | 2-33, (2) the court has adjudicated the minor a ward of the | ||||||
21 | court, permitted the minor to return home under an order of | ||||||
22 | protection, and subsequently made a finding that it is in | ||||||
23 | the minor's best interest to vacate the order of protection | ||||||
24 | and commit the minor to the Department of Children and | ||||||
25 | Family Services for care and service, or (3) the court | ||||||
26 | returned the minor to the custody of the respondent under |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 2-4b of this Act without terminating the | ||||||
2 | proceedings under Section 2-31 of this Act, and | ||||||
3 | subsequently made a finding that it is in the minor's best | ||||||
4 | interest to commit the minor to the Department of Children | ||||||
5 | and Family Services for care and services. | ||||||
6 | (c) When the court awards guardianship to the | ||||||
7 | Department of Children and
Family Services, the court shall | ||||||
8 | order the parents to cooperate with the
Department of | ||||||
9 | Children and Family Services, comply with the terms of the
| ||||||
10 | service plans, and correct the conditions that require the | ||||||
11 | child to be in care,
or risk termination of their parental | ||||||
12 | rights.
| ||||||
13 | (2) Any order of disposition may provide for protective | ||||||
14 | supervision
under Section 2-24 and may include an order of | ||||||
15 | protection under Section 2-25.
| ||||||
16 | Unless the order of disposition expressly so provides, it | ||||||
17 | does
not operate to close proceedings on the pending petition, | ||||||
18 | but is subject
to modification, not inconsistent with Section | ||||||
19 | 2-28, until final closing and discharge of the proceedings | ||||||
20 | under
Section 2-31.
| ||||||
21 | (3) The court also shall enter any other orders necessary | ||||||
22 | to fulfill the
service plan, including, but not limited to, (i) | ||||||
23 | orders requiring parties to
cooperate with services, (ii) | ||||||
24 | restraining orders controlling the conduct of any
party likely | ||||||
25 | to frustrate the achievement of the goal, and (iii) visiting
| ||||||
26 | orders. When the child is placed separately from a sibling, the
|
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| |||||||
1 | court shall review the Sibling Contact Support Plan developed | ||||||
2 | under subsection (f) of Section 7.4 of the Children and Family | ||||||
3 | Services Act, if applicable. If the Department has not convened | ||||||
4 | a meeting to develop a Sibling
Contact Support Plan, or if the | ||||||
5 | court finds that the existing Plan is not in the child's best
| ||||||
6 | interest, the court may enter an order requiring the Department | ||||||
7 | to develop and implement
a Sibling Contact Support Plan under | ||||||
8 | subsection (f) of Section 7.4 of the Children and Family | ||||||
9 | Services Act or order mediation. Unless otherwise specifically | ||||||
10 | authorized by law, the court is not
empowered under this | ||||||
11 | subsection (3) to order specific placements, specific
| ||||||
12 | services, or specific service
providers to be included in the | ||||||
13 | plan. If, after receiving evidence, the court determines that | ||||||
14 | the services contained in the plan are not reasonably | ||||||
15 | calculated to facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, | ||||||
16 | the court shall put in writing the factual basis supporting the | ||||||
17 | determination and enter specific findings based on the | ||||||
18 | evidence. The court also shall enter an order for the | ||||||
19 | Department to develop and implement a new service plan or to | ||||||
20 | implement changes to the current service plan consistent with | ||||||
21 | the court's findings. The new service plan shall be filed with | ||||||
22 | the court and served on all parties within 45 days after the | ||||||
23 | date of the order. The court shall continue the matter until | ||||||
24 | the new service plan is filed. Except as authorized by | ||||||
25 | subsection (3.5) of this Section or authorized by law, the | ||||||
26 | court is not empowered under this Section to order specific |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | placements, specific services, or specific service providers | ||||||
2 | to be included in the service plan.
| ||||||
3 | (3.5) If, after reviewing the evidence, including evidence | ||||||
4 | from the Department, the court determines that the minor's | ||||||
5 | current or planned placement is not necessary or appropriate to | ||||||
6 | facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court shall | ||||||
7 | put in writing the factual basis supporting its determination | ||||||
8 | and enter specific findings based on the evidence. If the court | ||||||
9 | finds that the minor's current or planned placement is not | ||||||
10 | necessary or appropriate, the court may enter an order | ||||||
11 | directing the Department to implement a recommendation by the | ||||||
12 | minor's treating clinician or a clinician contracted by the | ||||||
13 | Department to evaluate the minor or a recommendation made by | ||||||
14 | the Department. If the Department places a minor in a placement | ||||||
15 | under an order entered under this subsection (3.5), the | ||||||
16 | Department has the authority to remove the minor from that | ||||||
17 | placement when a change in circumstances necessitates the | ||||||
18 | removal to protect the minor's health, safety, and best | ||||||
19 | interest. If the Department determines removal is necessary, | ||||||
20 | the Department shall notify the parties of the planned | ||||||
21 | placement change in writing no later than 10 days prior to the | ||||||
22 | implementation of its determination unless remaining in the | ||||||
23 | placement poses an imminent risk of harm to the minor, in which | ||||||
24 | case the Department shall notify the parties of the placement | ||||||
25 | change in writing immediately following the implementation of | ||||||
26 | its decision. The Department shall notify others of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | decision to change the minor's placement as required by | ||||||
2 | Department rule. | ||||||
3 | (4) In addition to any other order of disposition, the | ||||||
4 | court may order
any minor adjudicated neglected with respect to | ||||||
5 | his or her own injurious
behavior to make restitution, in | ||||||
6 | monetary or non-monetary form, under the
terms and conditions | ||||||
7 | of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
except | ||||||
8 | that the "presentence hearing" referred to therein shall be the
| ||||||
9 | dispositional hearing for purposes of this Section. The parent, | ||||||
10 | guardian
or legal custodian of the minor may pay some or all of | ||||||
11 | such restitution on
the minor's behalf.
| ||||||
12 | (5) Any order for disposition where the minor is committed | ||||||
13 | or placed in
accordance with Section 2-27 shall provide for the | ||||||
14 | parents or guardian of
the estate of such minor to pay to the | ||||||
15 | legal custodian or guardian of the
person of the minor such | ||||||
16 | sums as are determined by the custodian or guardian
of the | ||||||
17 | person of the minor as necessary for the minor's needs. Such | ||||||
18 | payments
may not exceed the maximum amounts provided for by | ||||||
19 | Section 9.1 of the
Children and Family Services Act.
| ||||||
20 | (6) Whenever the order of disposition requires the minor to | ||||||
21 | attend
school or participate in a program of training, the | ||||||
22 | truant officer or
designated school official shall regularly | ||||||
23 | report to the court if the minor
is a chronic or habitual | ||||||
24 | truant under Section 26-2a of the School Code.
| ||||||
25 | (7) The court may terminate the parental rights of a parent | ||||||
26 | at the initial
dispositional hearing if all of the conditions |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in subsection (5) of Section
2-21 are met.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 100-45, eff. 8-11-17; 100-978, eff. 8-19-18.)
| ||||||
3 | (705 ILCS 405/2-27) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-27)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 2-27. Placement; legal custody or guardianship.
| ||||||
5 | (1) If the court determines and puts in writing the factual | ||||||
6 | basis supporting
the determination of whether the parents, | ||||||
7 | guardian, or legal custodian of a
minor adjudged a ward of the | ||||||
8 | court are unfit or are unable, for some reason
other than | ||||||
9 | financial circumstances alone, to care for, protect, train or
| ||||||
10 | discipline the minor or are unwilling to do so, and that the
| ||||||
11 | health, safety, and best
interest of the minor will be | ||||||
12 | jeopardized if the minor remains in the custody
of his or her | ||||||
13 | parents, guardian or
custodian, the court may at this hearing | ||||||
14 | and at any later point:
| ||||||
15 | (a) place the minor in the custody of a suitable | ||||||
16 | relative or other person
as
legal custodian or guardian;
| ||||||
17 | (a-5) with the approval of the Department of Children | ||||||
18 | and Family
Services, place the minor in the subsidized | ||||||
19 | guardianship of a suitable relative
or
other person as | ||||||
20 | legal guardian; "subsidized guardianship" means a private
| ||||||
21 | guardianship arrangement for children for whom the | ||||||
22 | permanency goals of return
home and adoption have been | ||||||
23 | ruled out and who meet the qualifications for
subsidized | ||||||
24 | guardianship as defined by the Department of Children and | ||||||
25 | Family
Services in administrative rules;
|
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| |||||||
1 | (b) place the minor under the guardianship of a | ||||||
2 | probation officer;
| ||||||
3 | (c) commit the minor to an agency for care or | ||||||
4 | placement, except an
institution under the authority of the | ||||||
5 | Department of Corrections or of
the Department of Children | ||||||
6 | and Family Services;
| ||||||
7 | (d) on and after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
8 | Act of the 98th General Assembly and before January 1, | ||||||
9 | 2017, commit the minor to the Department of Children and | ||||||
10 | Family Services for
care and service; however, a minor | ||||||
11 | charged with a criminal offense under the
Criminal Code of | ||||||
12 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or adjudicated delinquent | ||||||
13 | shall not be placed in the
custody of or committed to the | ||||||
14 | Department of Children and Family Services by
any court, | ||||||
15 | except (i) a minor less than 16 years of age and committed | ||||||
16 | to the
Department of Children and Family Services under | ||||||
17 | Section 5-710 of this Act, (ii) a minor under the age of 18 | ||||||
18 | for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
19 | dependency exists, or (iii) a minor for whom the court has | ||||||
20 | granted a supplemental petition to reinstate wardship | ||||||
21 | pursuant to subsection (2) of Section 2-33 of this Act. On | ||||||
22 | and after January 1, 2017, commit the minor to the | ||||||
23 | Department of Children and Family Services for
care and | ||||||
24 | service; however, a minor charged with a criminal offense | ||||||
25 | under the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of | ||||||
26 | 2012 or adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | custody of or committed to the Department of Children and | ||||||
2 | Family Services by
any court, except (i) a minor less than | ||||||
3 | 15 years of age and committed to the
Department of Children | ||||||
4 | and Family Services under Section 5-710 of this Act, (ii) a | ||||||
5 | minor under the age of 18 for whom an independent basis of | ||||||
6 | abuse, neglect, or dependency exists, or (iii) a minor for | ||||||
7 | whom the court has granted a supplemental petition to | ||||||
8 | reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section | ||||||
9 | 2-33 of this Act. An independent basis exists when the | ||||||
10 | allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
11 | dependency do not arise from the same facts, incident, or | ||||||
12 | circumstances which give rise to a charge or adjudication | ||||||
13 | of delinquency. The
Department shall be given due notice of | ||||||
14 | the pendency of the action and the
Guardianship | ||||||
15 | Administrator of the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
16 | Services
shall be appointed guardian of the person of the | ||||||
17 | minor. Whenever the Department
seeks to discharge a minor | ||||||
18 | from its care and service, the Guardianship
Administrator | ||||||
19 | shall petition the court for an
order terminating | ||||||
20 | guardianship. The Guardianship Administrator may
designate | ||||||
21 | one or more other officers of the Department, appointed as
| ||||||
22 | Department officers by administrative order of the | ||||||
23 | Department Director,
authorized to affix the signature of | ||||||
24 | the Guardianship Administrator to
documents affecting the | ||||||
25 | guardian-ward relationship of children for whom
he or she | ||||||
26 | has been appointed guardian at such times as he or she is |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | unable to
perform
the duties of his or her office. The | ||||||
2 | signature authorization shall include but
not be limited to | ||||||
3 | matters of consent of marriage, enlistment in the
armed | ||||||
4 | forces, legal proceedings, adoption, major medical and | ||||||
5 | surgical
treatment and application for driver's license. | ||||||
6 | Signature authorizations
made pursuant to the provisions | ||||||
7 | of this paragraph shall be filed with
the Secretary of | ||||||
8 | State and the Secretary of State shall provide upon
payment | ||||||
9 | of the customary fee, certified copies of the authorization | ||||||
10 | to
any court or individual who requests a copy.
| ||||||
11 | (1.5) In making a determination under this Section, the | ||||||
12 | court shall also
consider
whether, based on health, safety, and | ||||||
13 | the best interests of the minor,
| ||||||
14 | (a) appropriate services aimed
at family preservation | ||||||
15 | and family reunification have been unsuccessful in
| ||||||
16 | rectifying the conditions that have led to a finding of | ||||||
17 | unfitness or inability
to care for, protect, train, or | ||||||
18 | discipline the minor, or
| ||||||
19 | (b) no family preservation or family reunification
| ||||||
20 | services would be appropriate,
| ||||||
21 | and if the petition or amended petition
contained an allegation | ||||||
22 | that the
parent is an unfit
person as defined in subdivision | ||||||
23 | (D) of Section 1 of the Adoption Act, and the
order of
| ||||||
24 | adjudication
recites that parental unfitness was established | ||||||
25 | by clear and convincing
evidence, the court
shall, when | ||||||
26 | appropriate and in the best interest of the minor, enter an
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | order terminating parental rights and
appointing a guardian | ||||||
2 | with
power to
consent to adoption in accordance with Section | ||||||
3 | 2-29.
| ||||||
4 | When making a placement, the court, wherever possible, | ||||||
5 | shall
require the Department of Children and Family Services to | ||||||
6 | select a person
holding the same religious belief as that of | ||||||
7 | the minor or a private agency
controlled by persons of like | ||||||
8 | religious faith of the minor and shall require
the Department | ||||||
9 | to otherwise comply with Section 7 of the Children and Family
| ||||||
10 | Services Act in placing the child. In addition, whenever | ||||||
11 | alternative plans for
placement are available, the court shall | ||||||
12 | ascertain and consider, to the extent
appropriate in the | ||||||
13 | particular case, the views and preferences of the minor.
| ||||||
14 | (2) When a minor is placed with a suitable relative or | ||||||
15 | other
person pursuant to item (a) of subsection (1),
the court | ||||||
16 | shall appoint him or her the legal custodian or guardian of the
| ||||||
17 | person of the minor. When a minor is committed to any agency, | ||||||
18 | the court
shall appoint the proper officer or representative | ||||||
19 | thereof as legal
custodian or guardian of the person of the | ||||||
20 | minor. Legal custodians and
guardians of the person of the | ||||||
21 | minor have the respective rights and duties set
forth in | ||||||
22 | subsection (9) of Section 1-3 except as otherwise provided by | ||||||
23 | order
of court; but no guardian of the person may consent to | ||||||
24 | adoption of the
minor unless that authority is conferred upon | ||||||
25 | him or her in accordance with
Section 2-29. An agency whose | ||||||
26 | representative is appointed guardian of the
person or legal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | custodian of the minor may place the minor in any child care
| ||||||
2 | facility, but the facility must be licensed under the Child | ||||||
3 | Care Act of
1969 or have been approved by the Department of | ||||||
4 | Children and Family Services
as meeting the standards | ||||||
5 | established for such licensing. No agency may
place a minor | ||||||
6 | adjudicated under Sections 2-3 or 2-4 in a child care facility
| ||||||
7 | unless the placement is in compliance with the rules and | ||||||
8 | regulations
for placement under this Section promulgated by the | ||||||
9 | Department of Children
and Family Services under Section 5 of | ||||||
10 | the Children and Family Services
Act. Like authority and | ||||||
11 | restrictions shall be conferred by the court upon
any probation | ||||||
12 | officer who has been appointed guardian of the person of a | ||||||
13 | minor.
| ||||||
14 | (3) No placement by any probation officer or agency whose | ||||||
15 | representative
is appointed guardian of the person or legal | ||||||
16 | custodian of a minor may be
made in any out of State child care | ||||||
17 | facility unless it complies with the
Interstate Compact on the | ||||||
18 | Placement of Children. Placement with a parent,
however, is not | ||||||
19 | subject to that Interstate Compact.
| ||||||
20 | (4) The clerk of the court shall issue to the legal | ||||||
21 | custodian or
guardian of the person a certified copy of the | ||||||
22 | order of court, as proof
of his authority. No other process is | ||||||
23 | necessary as authority for the
keeping of the minor.
| ||||||
24 | (5) Custody or guardianship granted under this Section | ||||||
25 | continues until
the court otherwise directs, but not after the | ||||||
26 | minor reaches the age
of 19 years except as set forth in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 2-31, or if the minor was previously committed to the | ||||||
2 | Department of Children and Family Services for care and service | ||||||
3 | and the court has granted a supplemental petition to reinstate | ||||||
4 | wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section 2-33.
| ||||||
5 | (6) (Blank).
| ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-803, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| ||||||
7 | (705 ILCS 405/5-710)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 5-710. Kinds of sentencing orders.
| ||||||
9 | (1) The following kinds of sentencing orders may be made in | ||||||
10 | respect of
wards of the court:
| ||||||
11 | (a) Except as provided in Sections 5-805, 5-810, and | ||||||
12 | 5-815, a minor who is
found
guilty under Section 5-620 may | ||||||
13 | be:
| ||||||
14 | (i) put on probation or conditional discharge and | ||||||
15 | released to his or her
parents, guardian or legal | ||||||
16 | custodian, provided, however, that any such minor
who | ||||||
17 | is not committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice | ||||||
18 | under
this subsection and who is found to be a | ||||||
19 | delinquent for an offense which is
first degree murder, | ||||||
20 | a Class X felony, or a forcible felony shall be placed | ||||||
21 | on
probation;
| ||||||
22 | (ii) placed in accordance with Section 5-740, with | ||||||
23 | or without also being
put on probation or conditional | ||||||
24 | discharge;
| ||||||
25 | (iii) required to undergo a substance abuse |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | assessment conducted by a
licensed provider and | ||||||
2 | participate in the indicated clinical level of care;
| ||||||
3 | (iv) on and after the effective date of this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly and before | ||||||
5 | January 1, 2017, placed in the guardianship of the | ||||||
6 | Department of Children and Family
Services, but only if | ||||||
7 | the delinquent minor is under 16 years of age or, | ||||||
8 | pursuant to Article II of this Act, a minor under the | ||||||
9 | age of 18 for whom an independent basis of abuse, | ||||||
10 | neglect, or dependency exists. On and after January 1, | ||||||
11 | 2017, placed in the guardianship of the Department of | ||||||
12 | Children and Family
Services, but only if the | ||||||
13 | delinquent minor is under 15 years of age or, pursuant | ||||||
14 | to Article II of this Act, a minor for whom an | ||||||
15 | independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency | ||||||
16 | exists. An independent basis exists when the | ||||||
17 | allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
18 | dependency do not arise from the same facts, incident, | ||||||
19 | or circumstances which give rise to a charge or | ||||||
20 | adjudication of delinquency;
| ||||||
21 | (v) placed in detention for a period not to exceed | ||||||
22 | 30 days, either as
the
exclusive order of disposition | ||||||
23 | or, where appropriate, in conjunction with any
other | ||||||
24 | order of disposition issued under this paragraph, | ||||||
25 | provided that any such
detention shall be in a juvenile | ||||||
26 | detention home and the minor so detained shall
be 10 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | years of age or older. However, the 30-day limitation | ||||||
2 | may be extended by
further order of the court for a | ||||||
3 | minor under age 15 committed to the Department
of | ||||||
4 | Children and Family Services if the court finds that | ||||||
5 | the minor is a danger
to himself or others. The minor | ||||||
6 | shall be given credit on the sentencing order
of | ||||||
7 | detention for time spent in detention under Sections | ||||||
8 | 5-501, 5-601, 5-710, or
5-720 of this
Article as a | ||||||
9 | result of the offense for which the sentencing order | ||||||
10 | was imposed.
The court may grant credit on a sentencing | ||||||
11 | order of detention entered under a
violation of | ||||||
12 | probation or violation of conditional discharge under | ||||||
13 | Section
5-720 of this Article for time spent in | ||||||
14 | detention before the filing of the
petition
alleging | ||||||
15 | the violation. A minor shall not be deprived of credit | ||||||
16 | for time spent
in detention before the filing of a | ||||||
17 | violation of probation or conditional
discharge | ||||||
18 | alleging the same or related act or acts. The | ||||||
19 | limitation that the minor shall only be placed in a | ||||||
20 | juvenile detention home does not apply as follows: | ||||||
21 | Persons 18 years of age and older who have a | ||||||
22 | petition of delinquency filed against them may be | ||||||
23 | confined in an adult detention facility. In making a | ||||||
24 | determination whether to confine a person 18 years of | ||||||
25 | age or older who has a petition of delinquency filed | ||||||
26 | against the person, these factors, among other |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | matters, shall be considered: | ||||||
2 | (A) the age of the person; | ||||||
3 | (B) any previous delinquent or criminal | ||||||
4 | history of the person; | ||||||
5 | (C) any previous abuse or neglect history of | ||||||
6 | the person; | ||||||
7 | (D) any mental health history of the person; | ||||||
8 | and | ||||||
9 | (E) any educational history of the person;
| ||||||
10 | (vi) ordered partially or completely emancipated | ||||||
11 | in accordance with the
provisions of the Emancipation | ||||||
12 | of Minors Act;
| ||||||
13 | (vii) subject to having his or her driver's license | ||||||
14 | or driving
privileges
suspended for such time as | ||||||
15 | determined by the court but only until he or she
| ||||||
16 | attains 18 years of age;
| ||||||
17 | (viii) put on probation or conditional discharge | ||||||
18 | and placed in detention
under Section 3-6039 of the | ||||||
19 | Counties Code for a period not to exceed the period
of | ||||||
20 | incarceration permitted by law for adults found guilty | ||||||
21 | of the same offense
or offenses for which the minor was | ||||||
22 | adjudicated delinquent, and in any event no
longer than | ||||||
23 | upon attainment of age 21; this subdivision (viii) | ||||||
24 | notwithstanding
any contrary provision of the law;
| ||||||
25 | (ix) ordered to undergo a medical or other | ||||||
26 | procedure to have a tattoo
symbolizing allegiance to a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | street gang removed from his or her body; or | ||||||
2 | (x) placed in electronic monitoring or home | ||||||
3 | detention under Part 7A of this Article.
| ||||||
4 | (b) A minor found to be guilty may be committed to the | ||||||
5 | Department of
Juvenile Justice under Section 5-750 if the | ||||||
6 | minor is at least 13 years and under 20 years of age,
| ||||||
7 | provided that the commitment to the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
8 | Justice shall be made only if the minor was found guilty of | ||||||
9 | a felony offense or first degree murder. The court shall | ||||||
10 | include in the sentencing order any pre-custody credits the | ||||||
11 | minor is entitled to under Section 5-4.5-100 of the Unified | ||||||
12 | Code of Corrections. The time during which a minor is in | ||||||
13 | custody before being released
upon the request of a parent, | ||||||
14 | guardian or legal custodian shall also be considered
as | ||||||
15 | time spent in custody.
| ||||||
16 | (c) When a minor is found to be guilty for an offense | ||||||
17 | which is a violation
of the Illinois Controlled Substances | ||||||
18 | Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the Methamphetamine | ||||||
19 | Control and Community Protection Act and made
a ward of the | ||||||
20 | court, the court may enter a disposition order requiring | ||||||
21 | the
minor to undergo assessment,
counseling or treatment in | ||||||
22 | a substance use disorder treatment program approved by the | ||||||
23 | Department
of Human Services.
| ||||||
24 | (2) Any sentencing order other than commitment to the | ||||||
25 | Department of
Juvenile Justice may provide for protective | ||||||
26 | supervision under
Section 5-725 and may include an order of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | protection under Section 5-730.
| ||||||
2 | (3) Unless the sentencing order expressly so provides, it | ||||||
3 | does not operate
to close proceedings on the pending petition, | ||||||
4 | but is subject to modification
until final closing and | ||||||
5 | discharge of the proceedings under Section 5-750.
| ||||||
6 | (4) In addition to any other sentence, the court may order | ||||||
7 | any
minor
found to be delinquent to make restitution, in | ||||||
8 | monetary or non-monetary form,
under the terms and conditions | ||||||
9 | of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of
Corrections, except | ||||||
10 | that the "presentencing hearing" referred to in that
Section
| ||||||
11 | shall be
the sentencing hearing for purposes of this Section. | ||||||
12 | The parent, guardian or
legal custodian of the minor may be | ||||||
13 | ordered by the court to pay some or all of
the restitution on | ||||||
14 | the minor's behalf, pursuant to the Parental Responsibility
| ||||||
15 | Law. The State's Attorney is authorized to act
on behalf of any | ||||||
16 | victim in seeking restitution in proceedings under this
| ||||||
17 | Section, up to the maximum amount allowed in Section 5 of the | ||||||
18 | Parental
Responsibility Law.
| ||||||
19 | (5) Any sentencing order where the minor is committed or | ||||||
20 | placed in
accordance
with Section 5-740 shall provide for the | ||||||
21 | parents or guardian of the estate of
the minor to pay to the | ||||||
22 | legal custodian or guardian of the person of the minor
such | ||||||
23 | sums as are determined by the custodian or guardian of the | ||||||
24 | person of the
minor as necessary for the minor's needs. The | ||||||
25 | payments may not exceed the
maximum amounts provided for by | ||||||
26 | Section 9.1 of the Children and Family Services
Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (6) Whenever the sentencing order requires the minor to | ||||||
2 | attend school or
participate in a program of training, the | ||||||
3 | truant officer or designated school
official shall regularly | ||||||
4 | report to the court if the minor is a chronic or
habitual | ||||||
5 | truant under Section 26-2a of the School Code. Notwithstanding | ||||||
6 | any other provision of this Act, in instances in which | ||||||
7 | educational services are to be provided to a minor in a | ||||||
8 | residential facility where the minor has been placed by the | ||||||
9 | court, costs incurred in the provision of those educational | ||||||
10 | services must be allocated based on the requirements of the | ||||||
11 | School Code.
| ||||||
12 | (7) In no event shall a guilty minor be committed to the | ||||||
13 | Department of
Juvenile Justice for a period of time in
excess | ||||||
14 | of
that period for which an adult could be committed for the | ||||||
15 | same act. The court shall include in the sentencing order a | ||||||
16 | limitation on the period of confinement not to exceed the | ||||||
17 | maximum period of imprisonment the court could impose under | ||||||
18 | Article V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
| ||||||
19 | (7.5) In no event shall a guilty minor be committed to the | ||||||
20 | Department of Juvenile Justice or placed in detention when the | ||||||
21 | act for which the minor was adjudicated delinquent would not be | ||||||
22 | illegal if committed by an adult. | ||||||
23 | (7.6) In no event shall a guilty minor be committed to the | ||||||
24 | Department of Juvenile Justice for an offense which is a Class | ||||||
25 | 4 felony under Section 19-4 (criminal trespass to a residence), | ||||||
26 | 21-1 (criminal damage to property), 21-1.01 (criminal damage to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | government supported property), 21-1.3 (criminal defacement of | ||||||
2 | property), 26-1 (disorderly conduct), or 31-4 (obstructing | ||||||
3 | justice) of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||||||
4 | (7.75) In no event shall a guilty minor be committed to the | ||||||
5 | Department of Juvenile Justice for an offense that is a Class 3 | ||||||
6 | or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
7 | Substances Act unless the commitment occurs upon a third or | ||||||
8 | subsequent judicial finding of a violation of probation for | ||||||
9 | substantial noncompliance with court-ordered treatment or | ||||||
10 | programming. | ||||||
11 | (8) A minor found to be guilty for reasons that include a | ||||||
12 | violation of
Section 21-1.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
13 | Criminal Code of 2012 shall be ordered to perform
community | ||||||
14 | service for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
| ||||||
15 | community service is available in the jurisdiction. The | ||||||
16 | community service
shall include, but need not be limited to, | ||||||
17 | the cleanup and repair of the damage
that was caused by the | ||||||
18 | violation or similar damage to property located in the
| ||||||
19 | municipality or county in which the violation occurred. The | ||||||
20 | order may be in
addition to any other order authorized by this | ||||||
21 | Section.
| ||||||
22 | (8.5) A minor found to be guilty for reasons that include a | ||||||
23 | violation of
Section
3.02 or Section 3.03 of the Humane Care | ||||||
24 | for Animals Act or paragraph (d) of
subsection (1) of
Section | ||||||
25 | 21-1 of
the Criminal Code
of
1961 or paragraph (4) of | ||||||
26 | subsection (a) of Section 21-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall be ordered to undergo medical or psychiatric treatment | ||||||
2 | rendered by
a
psychiatrist or psychological treatment rendered | ||||||
3 | by a clinical psychologist.
The order
may be in addition to any | ||||||
4 | other order authorized by this Section.
| ||||||
5 | (9) In addition to any other sentencing order, the court | ||||||
6 | shall order any
minor found
to be guilty for an act which would | ||||||
7 | constitute, predatory criminal sexual
assault of a child, | ||||||
8 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
assault, | ||||||
9 | aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or criminal sexual abuse if
| ||||||
10 | committed by an
adult to undergo medical testing to determine | ||||||
11 | whether the defendant has any
sexually transmissible disease | ||||||
12 | including a test for infection with human
immunodeficiency | ||||||
13 | virus (HIV) or any other identified causative agency of
| ||||||
14 | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Any medical test | ||||||
15 | shall be performed
only by appropriately licensed medical | ||||||
16 | practitioners and may include an
analysis of any bodily fluids | ||||||
17 | as well as an examination of the minor's person.
Except as | ||||||
18 | otherwise provided by law, the results of the test shall be | ||||||
19 | kept
strictly confidential by all medical personnel involved in | ||||||
20 | the testing and must
be personally delivered in a sealed | ||||||
21 | envelope to the judge of the court in which
the sentencing | ||||||
22 | order was entered for the judge's inspection in camera. Acting
| ||||||
23 | in accordance with the best interests of the victim and the | ||||||
24 | public, the judge
shall have the discretion to determine to | ||||||
25 | whom the results of the testing may
be revealed. The court | ||||||
26 | shall notify the minor of the results of the test for
infection |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The court shall | ||||||
2 | also
notify the victim if requested by the victim, and if the | ||||||
3 | victim is under the
age of 15 and if requested by the victim's | ||||||
4 | parents or legal guardian, the court
shall notify the victim's | ||||||
5 | parents or the legal guardian, of the results of the
test for | ||||||
6 | infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The | ||||||
7 | court
shall provide information on the availability of HIV | ||||||
8 | testing and counseling at
the Department of Public Health | ||||||
9 | facilities to all parties to whom the
results of the testing | ||||||
10 | are revealed. The court shall order that the cost of
any test | ||||||
11 | shall be paid by the county and may be taxed as costs against | ||||||
12 | the
minor.
| ||||||
13 | (10) When a court finds a minor to be guilty the court | ||||||
14 | shall, before
entering a sentencing order under this Section, | ||||||
15 | make a finding whether the
offense committed either: (a) was | ||||||
16 | related to or in furtherance of the criminal
activities of an | ||||||
17 | organized gang or was motivated by the minor's membership in
or | ||||||
18 | allegiance to an organized gang, or (b) involved a violation of
| ||||||
19 | subsection (a) of Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 | ||||||
20 | or the Criminal Code of 2012, a violation of
any
Section of | ||||||
21 | Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of | ||||||
22 | 2012, or a violation of any
statute that involved the wrongful | ||||||
23 | use of a firearm. If the court determines
the question in the | ||||||
24 | affirmative,
and the court does not commit the minor to the | ||||||
25 | Department of Juvenile Justice, the court shall order the minor | ||||||
26 | to perform community service
for not less than 30 hours nor |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | more than 120 hours, provided that community
service is | ||||||
2 | available in the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the
| ||||||
3 | county board of the county where the offense was committed. The | ||||||
4 | community
service shall include, but need not be limited to, | ||||||
5 | the cleanup and repair of
any damage caused by a violation of | ||||||
6 | Section 21-1.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | ||||||
7 | Code of 2012
and similar damage to property located in the | ||||||
8 | municipality or county in which
the violation occurred. When | ||||||
9 | possible and reasonable, the community service
shall be | ||||||
10 | performed in the minor's neighborhood. This order shall be in
| ||||||
11 | addition to any other order authorized by this Section
except | ||||||
12 | for an order to place the minor in the custody of the | ||||||
13 | Department of
Juvenile Justice. For the purposes of this | ||||||
14 | Section, "organized
gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
15 | Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus | ||||||
16 | Prevention Act.
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17 | (11) If the court determines that the offense was committed | ||||||
18 | in furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized gang, | ||||||
19 | as provided in subsection (10), and that the offense involved | ||||||
20 | the operation or use of a motor vehicle or the use of a | ||||||
21 | driver's license or permit, the court shall notify the | ||||||
22 | Secretary of State of that determination and of the period for | ||||||
23 | which the minor shall be denied driving privileges. If, at the | ||||||
24 | time of the determination, the minor does not hold a driver's | ||||||
25 | license or permit, the court shall provide that the minor shall | ||||||
26 | not be issued a driver's license or permit until his or her |
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1 | 18th birthday. If the minor holds a driver's license or permit | ||||||
2 | at the time of the determination, the court shall provide that | ||||||
3 | the minor's driver's license or permit shall be revoked until | ||||||
4 | his or her 21st birthday, or until a later date or occurrence | ||||||
5 | determined by the court. If the minor holds a driver's license | ||||||
6 | at the time of the determination, the court may direct the | ||||||
7 | Secretary of State to issue the minor a judicial driving | ||||||
8 | permit, also known as a JDP. The JDP shall be subject to the | ||||||
9 | same terms as a JDP issued under Section 6-206.1 of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Vehicle Code, except that the court may direct that | ||||||
11 | the JDP be effective immediately.
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12 | (12) If a minor is found to be guilty of a violation of
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13 | subsection (a-7) of Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use | ||||||
14 | by Minors Act, the
court may, in its discretion, and upon
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15 | recommendation by the State's Attorney, order that minor and | ||||||
16 | his or her parents
or legal
guardian to attend a smoker's | ||||||
17 | education or youth diversion program as defined
in that Act if | ||||||
18 | that
program is available in the jurisdiction where the | ||||||
19 | offender resides.
Attendance at a smoker's education or youth | ||||||
20 | diversion program
shall be time-credited against any community | ||||||
21 | service time imposed for any
first violation of subsection | ||||||
22 | (a-7) of Section 1 of that Act. In addition to any
other
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23 | penalty
that the court may impose for a violation of subsection | ||||||
24 | (a-7) of Section 1 of
that Act, the
court, upon request by the | ||||||
25 | State's Attorney, may in its discretion
require
the offender to | ||||||
26 | remit a fee for his or her attendance at a smoker's
education |
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1 | or
youth diversion program.
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2 | For purposes of this Section, "smoker's education program" | ||||||
3 | or "youth
diversion program" includes, but is not limited to, a | ||||||
4 | seminar designed to
educate a person on the physical and | ||||||
5 | psychological effects of smoking tobacco
products and the | ||||||
6 | health consequences of smoking tobacco products that can be
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7 | conducted with a locality's youth diversion program.
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8 | In addition to any other penalty that the court may impose | ||||||
9 | under this
subsection
(12):
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10 | (a) If a minor violates subsection (a-7) of Section 1 | ||||||
11 | of the Prevention of
Tobacco Use by Minors Act, the court | ||||||
12 | may
impose a sentence of 15 hours of
community service or a | ||||||
13 | fine of $25 for a first violation.
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14 | (b) A second violation by a minor of subsection (a-7) | ||||||
15 | of Section 1 of that Act
that occurs
within 12 months after | ||||||
16 | the first violation is punishable by a fine of $50 and
25
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17 | hours of community service.
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18 | (c) A third or subsequent violation by a minor of | ||||||
19 | subsection (a-7) of Section
1 of that Act
that
occurs | ||||||
20 | within 12 months after the first violation is punishable by | ||||||
21 | a $100
fine
and 30 hours of community service.
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22 | (d) Any second or subsequent violation not within the | ||||||
23 | 12-month time period
after the first violation is | ||||||
24 | punishable as provided for a first violation.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 99-268, eff. 1-1-16; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17; 99-879, | ||||||
26 | eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-431, eff. 8-25-17; |
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1 | 100-759, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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